Mysteries of Ancient Egypt with Dr. Kara Cooney
Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma
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The History of the Egyptian Empire
The Egyptians allowed women to rule because they couldn't raise armies the way a man can. Mernaid, the first, she wasn't a female king, but she was incredibly powerful. She's there deciding human sacrifice and who lives and who dies at the funeral of her husband to install her son. And Hatshepsut, for instance, had to rule differently. Give more to get what she got. But they're not necessarily more peaceful.
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